Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
Honda Fit Sport took first place in the "7 $15,000 Compacts Compared!"
story in the May 'Car and Driver'. The car reminds me of the '86 Civic Wagon that I owned for a short time. Wish I could find some specs on that old car to see how it stacks up to the new one. Any 'Fit' owners out there? bob ('92 Accord LX) |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
Except for those in Asia and Euope, none are for sale as yet here in
the United States. |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
Except for those in Asia and Euope, none are for sale as yet here in
the United States. |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
Hi there. Here is a copy of a posting I made to a ng a month or so ago (not
sure which one). Basically I totally love my Honda Jazz (Fit translates badly in the UK. = something that you do when you're at the end of your tether). I have 1.4 basic model. - Very good round town. Very nippy in all "close quarter" situations - Mine hardly ever goes over 30mph. Most trips less than 5 miles YET 41 mpg [NOTE: That's UK mpg, I think it's about 32 mpg in US galls] - Noisy on motorway - Not amazingly powerful at speed - Not so good on high speed motoring, that said VERY good in stop-start driving situations, so if you're a motorway traffic jam every day, you'll be fine. - Gearbox is amazing - Drive select (P - D - N - R lever, you know) is a bit vague; there's no gate on it and it's easy to slip into one of the weird low torque D options only to find out you're in it when you want to zip off :(. - (optional) Boot bags total waste of time - Roof mounting storage thing is quite nice, but not worth the money - Don't bother with those boot/shelf mats. They get in the way - Wish I'd got the automatic air temp option - Rear windscreen washer - wiper is poor but works - Quite slow to warm cabin in the morning - Mine's never been back to the dealer. Hooray! - Easy to keep clean - Stereo OK, but see note below... - Good to park / reverse - Kids like it - Will easily take 2 adults and 1 kid in back seat. - Totally easy to shuffle seats around. Hooray for that too. - Good leg room front and back. - Rear view mirror vibrates (worst case vibration found so far is Pink Floyd's "One of these days" when it gets to the on-off-on-off bit). Might need to avoid death metal too (but that's for a whole different reason) :). - Magic seats are just that; very clever - I'd recommend this car if you drive round town. It works. |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
Hi there. Here is a copy of a posting I made to a ng a month or so ago (not
sure which one). Basically I totally love my Honda Jazz (Fit translates badly in the UK. = something that you do when you're at the end of your tether). I have 1.4 basic model. - Very good round town. Very nippy in all "close quarter" situations - Mine hardly ever goes over 30mph. Most trips less than 5 miles YET 41 mpg [NOTE: That's UK mpg, I think it's about 32 mpg in US galls] - Noisy on motorway - Not amazingly powerful at speed - Not so good on high speed motoring, that said VERY good in stop-start driving situations, so if you're a motorway traffic jam every day, you'll be fine. - Gearbox is amazing - Drive select (P - D - N - R lever, you know) is a bit vague; there's no gate on it and it's easy to slip into one of the weird low torque D options only to find out you're in it when you want to zip off :(. - (optional) Boot bags total waste of time - Roof mounting storage thing is quite nice, but not worth the money - Don't bother with those boot/shelf mats. They get in the way - Wish I'd got the automatic air temp option - Rear windscreen washer - wiper is poor but works - Quite slow to warm cabin in the morning - Mine's never been back to the dealer. Hooray! - Easy to keep clean - Stereo OK, but see note below... - Good to park / reverse - Kids like it - Will easily take 2 adults and 1 kid in back seat. - Totally easy to shuffle seats around. Hooray for that too. - Good leg room front and back. - Rear view mirror vibrates (worst case vibration found so far is Pink Floyd's "One of these days" when it gets to the on-off-on-off bit). Might need to avoid death metal too (but that's for a whole different reason) :). - Magic seats are just that; very clever - I'd recommend this car if you drive round town. It works. |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
w9cw@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1143993600.997138.266980@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com: > Except for those in Asia and Euope, none are for sale as yet here in > the United States. > Canada gets them. I see ads in the paper, but have not seen them in the metal yet. They remind me of a Chevy Aveo. -- TeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
w9cw@yahoo.com wrote in
news:1143993600.997138.266980@u72g2000cwu.googlegr oups.com: > Except for those in Asia and Euope, none are for sale as yet here in > the United States. > Canada gets them. I see ads in the paper, but have not seen them in the metal yet. They remind me of a Chevy Aveo. -- TeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
David Wynne wrote:
> Hi there. Here is a copy of a posting I made to a ng a month or so ago (not > sure which one). Basically I totally love my Honda Jazz (Fit translates > badly in the UK. = something that you do when you're at the end of your > tether). > > I have 1.4 basic model. > > - Very good round town. Very nippy in all "close quarter" situations > - Mine hardly ever goes over 30mph. Most trips less than 5 miles YET 41 mpg > [NOTE: That's UK mpg, I think it's about 32 mpg in US galls] > - Noisy on motorway > - Not amazingly powerful at speed > - Not so good on high speed motoring, that said VERY good in stop-start > driving situations, so if you're a motorway traffic jam every day, you'll be > fine. > - Gearbox is amazing > - Drive select (P - D - N - R lever, you know) is a bit vague; there's no > gate on it and it's easy to slip into one of the weird low torque D options > only to find out you're in it when you want to zip off :(. > - (optional) Boot bags total waste of time > - Roof mounting storage thing is quite nice, but not worth the money > - Don't bother with those boot/shelf mats. They get in the way > - Wish I'd got the automatic air temp option > - Rear windscreen washer - wiper is poor but works > - Quite slow to warm cabin in the morning > - Mine's never been back to the dealer. Hooray! > - Easy to keep clean > - Stereo OK, but see note below... > - Good to park / reverse > - Kids like it > - Will easily take 2 adults and 1 kid in back seat. > - Totally easy to shuffle seats around. Hooray for that too. > - Good leg room front and back. > - Rear view mirror vibrates (worst case vibration found so far is Pink > Floyd's "One of these days" when it gets to the on-off-on-off bit). Might > need to avoid death metal too (but that's for a whole different reason) :). > - Magic seats are just that; very clever > - I'd recommend this car if you drive round town. It works. > > Thanks! Will get hold of the dealer today and find out their story. bob |
Re: Any Honda 'Fit' owners?
David Wynne wrote:
> Hi there. Here is a copy of a posting I made to a ng a month or so ago (not > sure which one). Basically I totally love my Honda Jazz (Fit translates > badly in the UK. = something that you do when you're at the end of your > tether). > > I have 1.4 basic model. > > - Very good round town. Very nippy in all "close quarter" situations > - Mine hardly ever goes over 30mph. Most trips less than 5 miles YET 41 mpg > [NOTE: That's UK mpg, I think it's about 32 mpg in US galls] > - Noisy on motorway > - Not amazingly powerful at speed > - Not so good on high speed motoring, that said VERY good in stop-start > driving situations, so if you're a motorway traffic jam every day, you'll be > fine. > - Gearbox is amazing > - Drive select (P - D - N - R lever, you know) is a bit vague; there's no > gate on it and it's easy to slip into one of the weird low torque D options > only to find out you're in it when you want to zip off :(. > - (optional) Boot bags total waste of time > - Roof mounting storage thing is quite nice, but not worth the money > - Don't bother with those boot/shelf mats. They get in the way > - Wish I'd got the automatic air temp option > - Rear windscreen washer - wiper is poor but works > - Quite slow to warm cabin in the morning > - Mine's never been back to the dealer. Hooray! > - Easy to keep clean > - Stereo OK, but see note below... > - Good to park / reverse > - Kids like it > - Will easily take 2 adults and 1 kid in back seat. > - Totally easy to shuffle seats around. Hooray for that too. > - Good leg room front and back. > - Rear view mirror vibrates (worst case vibration found so far is Pink > Floyd's "One of these days" when it gets to the on-off-on-off bit). Might > need to avoid death metal too (but that's for a whole different reason) :). > - Magic seats are just that; very clever > - I'd recommend this car if you drive round town. It works. > > Thanks! Will get hold of the dealer today and find out their story. bob |
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